Genèse 16

1 Cependant Saraï femme d’Abram ne lui avait pas donné d’enfants; mais ayant une servante égyptienne du nom d’Agar,

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Elle dit à son mari: Voilà que le Seigneur m’a rendue stérile, pour que je n’aie pas d’enfants; prends ma servante, peut-être qu’au moins par elle j’aurai des enfants. Abram ayant consenti à sa prière,

And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

3 Elle prit Agar sa servante égyptienne, dix ans après qu’ils eurent commencé d’habiter dans la terre de Chanaan, et elle la donna à son mari pour femme.

So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

4 Il alla donc vers elle. Mais elle, voyant qu’elle avait conçu, méprisa sa maîtresse.

And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.

5 Alors Saraï dit à Abram: Tu agis injustement envers moi: c’est moi qui t’ai donné ma servante pour femme, laquelle, voyant qu’elle a conçu, me traite avec mépris. Que le Seigneur juge entre moi et toi.

And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

6 Abram lui répondant: Voilà, dit-il, ta servante qui est entre tes mains; fais d’elle ce qui te plaira. Saraï l’ayant donc châtiée, elle prit la fuite.

And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

7 Mais l’Ange du Seigneur l’ayant trouvée dans la solitude auprès de la source d’eau qui est sur le chemin de Sur au désert,

And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.

8 Lui dit: Agar, servante de Saraï, d’où viens-tu? et où vas-tu? Elle répondit: Je fuis devant Saraï ma maîtresse.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

9 Et l’ange du Seigneur lui repartit: Retourne vers ta maîtresse, et humilie-toi sous sa main.

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 Et de nouveau: Multipliant, dit-il, je multiplierai ta postérité, et elle sera innombrable par la multitude.

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 Puis: Voilà, ajouta-t-il, que tu as conçu et tu enfanteras un fils, et tu l’appelleras du nom d’Ismaël, parce que le Seigneur a entendu ton affliction.

And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

12 Ce sera un homme farouche: sa main sera contre tous, et la main de tous contre lui; et c’est vis-à-vis de tous ses frères qu’il plantera ses tentes.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

13 Alors elle appela le Seigneur qui lui parlait du nom de: Vous êtes le Dieu qui m’avez vue. Car elle dit: Certainement ici j’ai vu par derrière, celui qui me voit.

And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?

14 C’est pourquoi elle appela ce puits, le Puits du vivant et me voyant. Ce puits est entre Cadès et Barad.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Agar donc enfanta un fils à Abram qui l’appela du nom d’Ismaël.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Abram avait quatre-vingt-six ans, quand Agar lui enfanta Ismaël.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.